Chapter 118 Badger
The miserable howling of the little beast continued, especially when Chen Ling came closer and screamed even louder. The scream of "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch" was like a wild boar, but it was Much sharper than a wild boar's cry.
It kept struggling, trying to escape, but unfortunately, facing Hei Wa, who was as strong as an ox, it couldn't get away no matter what, which made the blood on its head and neck flow faster. , and the screams became even more miserable.
Chen Ling was upset when he heard this, so he pulled out a pole from the cave and asked Hei Wa to lift it.
As a result, I didn’t expect that this guy had quite a fierce temperament. After Hei Wa let go, he still had the courage to yell at them. With blood all over his body, he bared his teeth and yelled, and charged towards Chen Ling savagely.
Seeing this, Chen Ling was afraid of blood stains on his body, so he avoided it slightly, picked up the pole and hit the little beast on the head.
With a "ouch", the beast let out a miserable howl, staggered and fell to the ground, and quickly died.
Now Chen Ling finally knew what this weird little beast was...
It was actually a badger.
Badger is the local name for pig badger. It is generally the size of a local dog. It has four short and fat legs, a big head and a thick neck, small eyes and small ears. It looks clumsy. When it is angry, it will make a pig-like sound. It has a loud voice and an arched beak like a pig, so it is called a pig badger.
This thing is a nocturnal creature. It hides in caves during the day and only comes out to look for food at night, so it is not often seen.
Chen Ling has never seen him a few times in his two lifetimes. His memories still remain in his childhood. At first, it seemed that it was to treat a burn or some other injury, so his grandfather went to the next village to ask for one and boiled it. The oil is applied to the affected area and works surprisingly well.
Later, when he was enjoying the cool air in the courtyard in the summer, his little brother was bitten by an unknown poisonous insect. It became inflamed and swollen. First it was extremely itchy and then it hurt terribly. It seemed that he was also smeared with the oil of this thing. It took several treatments before it was cured.
These memories are also relatively vague.
What impressed me the most was that in my previous life, after the Internet developed, I had a clear understanding of the badger in my hometown when I looked up what the word ‘猹’ in Mr. Lu Xun’s works was on the Internet.
Before, he only thought that this thing was the badger from his hometown. After all, badgers also steal melons. Later he found out that badger is a pig badger, which is also called badger pig in some places, and 猹 is a dog badger. These two are different creatures.
In "Young Runtu", there is a conversation between Runtu and Brother Xun, which goes like this:
"Dad and I will go take care of the watermelon tonight, and you will go too."
"Do you care about thieves?"
"No. When a walking man is thirsty, he picks a melon to eat. We don't count him as stealing here. What we have to care about are badgers, pigs, hedgehogs, and eagles. Under the moon, Listen, there is a rustling sound, and the turtle is biting the melon, so you pinch the fork and walk gently..."
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Look, this description of 猹 actually clearly distinguishes pig badgers from 猹.
“I just don’t know whether this thing is meaty or not, and whether it tastes good or not. Mr. Lu Xun never mentioned it.”
Chen Ling used a pole to stir the badger a few times. The corpse was found to be quite heavy, weighing at least twenty or thirty kilograms, so he took one of his hind legs and put it into the cave: "It's just a piece of meat. It can't be wasted. If it doesn't work, just boil it into oil. Who wants to I can use it when I use it, right?”
Thinking about this, he couldn’t help but feel a little emotional, and it was also a little funny. It seemed that he had been influenced by his wife unknowingly, and now he has changed. I have to learn more and more about being diligent and thrifty.
"Huh? This badger's fur looks so familiar!"
When he turned his head and accidentally glanced at the badger's fur on the ground, Chen Ling was stunned.
After thinking about it carefully, another thing came to mind.
About two or three months ago, I remember that not long after the saplings were planted, the little white cow was frightened by something in the cemetery. He went in to look for it, but he didn't see anything. Only one cave was found, and there was this gray-white rough hair at the entrance.
I didn’t know what it was before, but now that I think about it, I realize that it is a badger.
"I didn't expect that badgers were already active nearby. Fortunately, everything I planted before was harvested as soon as I planted it. Ordinary vegetables don't grow very fast. Otherwise, if I were targeted by badgers, I really wouldn't be able to withstand them. Disaster. "
Badgers like to eat insects and small animals, such as earthworms, frogs, mice, etc. are their food.
But the most hated thing is eating crops, such as corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and watermelons. Perhaps because these things have a sweet taste, they are very aggressive in causing harm, and the degree of damage is second only to wild boars. Vegetables must not be irrigated with stream water. Even if they are diluted, they still have a special taste and are extremely attractive to organisms.
There is no guarantee that you will not be targeted by badgers.
Chen Ling looked at Xiao Jin, who was still digging in the bushes, and thought that he might have been targeted. After the flood, almost no one came, so he moved the cave here from the cemetery.
"Don't dig Xiaojin. The badger's hole is very deep and he's still stumbling around. It's all in vain."
The soil around the cave has been dug out, and the prey has not been caught yet. Xiao Jin was quite unwilling, but Chen Ling refused to let him dig, so he obediently stopped digging and ran to him wagging his tail and whining like a baby. He was somewhat discouraged.
"Okay, okay, let them go first, and we will come again in the evening. If they still don't run away, we will smoke them and fill them with water. We are not afraid that they will not come out."
Chen Ling touched Xiao Jin's head and comforted him.
Badgers are burrow-dwelling creatures. They like to dig caves in barren hills, roadsides, field ridges, etc. They also occupy the caves of other beasts, such as Shanlizi Cave and Fox Cave.
But often even if they rob someone else's nest, they will expand it again.
The front claws of the badger are extremely sharp and they dig holes very quickly, usually straight up and down. The deepest ones can be ten meters deep, and the ordinary ones are several meters deep. They will still dig holes when they are young. Digging horizontally and extending in all directions, leaving other holes for escape, is very similar to a cunning rabbit with three holes.
He just listened to the movement in the cave. It was obvious that there was more than one badger, and they were probably in the nurturing period. God knows where the badger cave was dug at this time.
Xiaojin’s efforts to compete with them were in vain.
I calmed the two dogs and let the pigeons fly for a while.
Afterwards, he walked around his orchard and found that the small ditch at the foot of the mountain had become wider, with green water flowing. He walked under the roots of the mountain in the northwest, and there was actually water flowing down from the mountain and pouring into it. In the ditch. It's just that the water flow is very small, and it's not as clear as the mountain spring water in Nanshan. It probably rained too much this time, and a lot of water accumulated in the low recesses of the mountain, and it flowed down.
Originally, this was nothing surprising, but Chen Ling discovered that there were a lot of footprints and feces of wild animals around the ditch, and there were also bones and feathers left over among the weeds. It was obviously from the mountains. The traces of wild animals are based on these simple traces, and it is difficult to tell what they were left behind.
He couldn't even recognize badger fur, let alone these things. He only knew that the thing that left traces was definitely not a wild animal.
"This guy is still not coming at night. If wolves and wild boars come down the mountain, I can't handle it." Chen Ling became wary.
I originally wanted to take advantage of the cool weather in the evening to weed and water.
It seems that it is better to forget it now, even if I come tomorrow morning, it will be the same.
Seeing that it was noon, the sun became more and more fierce, and the two dogs were too hot to run around. They stuck out their tongues and followed Chen Ling. Shan Lizi, who only poked his head around, had no intention of chasing after him.
Chen Ling glanced at it twice, picked up a piece of dirt, and threw it hard, scaring the mountain raccoons into hurriedly retracting their heads into the hole, and waited until he was far away before they came out with fur. Shouting accusations.
This thing is like a badger. It likes to dig holes in the ground, especially in cemeteries. Its screams are also very unpleasant, so the villagers feel bad luck when they see it.
"It's too hot, let's go home."
Chen Ling called the dog and the pigeon, then got up and walked home.
The houses of every household in the village are now almost half-finished. Some people have many families and are building houses quickly. Now they have been built and fenced.
When Chen Ling walked to the village, Wang Lishan's family was squatting under a tree in the corner eating. His family's fence had been finished and they were rolling out the yard.
Seeing Chen Ling coming with the dog, he immediately shouted: "Huh? Isn't this a badger? This thing is very slippery and difficult to catch. Where did you catch it?"
"In the field at the foot of the mountain, the family dog found a badger hole, and a nest of badgers lived there. Unfortunately, this thing was hidden deep, so I caught one."
While walking home, Chen Ling took out the badger and asked Heiwa to hold it, otherwise it would be difficult to take it out when he got home.
Badger weighs more than 20 kilograms. This weight is easy for Heiwa, but it is quite surprising for others to see it. While being surprised by Badger, they also envy Chen Ling, thinking to themselves With two dogs like this, Fugui's baby is really lucky, and he will soon be full of meat even if he doesn't have to work hard.
"Your dog is a spirit. It smelled the badger's arrogance. Today, your baby is in luck. Lixian trapped one a few years ago. That guy is better than mutton. It’s more fragrant than dog meat and tastes more exciting.”
Wang Lishan couldn’t help but swallow his saliva as he said it.
People around him also started to comment on Badger.
"Is badger meat really so delicious?"
Chen Ling asked curiously. Wild animals are fishy and smelly, and most of them are difficult to handle. He remembers the oil boiled out of badger meat. It smells weird.
At this time, Chen Dazhi, who lived nearby, heard the noise and ran out with a kitchen knife. When he saw the badger in Heiwa's mouth, he laughed immediately: "Haha, Fugui, you are really I picked it up. These badgers are very clever. They only crawled out of their nests in the dark. I encountered one when I was planting strawberries at night. Your sister-in-law and I chased it with hoes and killed it. When he is in a hurry, he grabs and bites people. It is very vicious.”
“But it is really delicious. After the smell is gone, it is fried in an earthen pot and then simmered. The taste is so good that even the gods can’t stand after eating it. Stable.”
Chen Ling was aroused by hearing this, but he had never made this thing before and he really didn't know how to handle it. He wondered if it would be possible to soak it in stream water.
As a result, everyone laughed when they saw him like this. Wang Lishan said again: "You don't know how to clean up. Let me give you a tip. You can go to Brother Guoping's house later and tell him to prepare." Stew meat, give him some seasonings, Sister Xiufen has saved a lot of weird medicinal herbs, how to use them to remove the fishy smell and add fragrance, it is not easy to deal with a badger. "
Chen Ling's eyes lit up after hearing this. He said, "This is reliable. I will try it when I get back. When the badger meat is ready, everyone will come and try it."
Everyone is greedy, but after Chen Ling said this, who is really embarrassed? He agreed, and half-jokingly said that the badger meat was not enough for several people, and it was not cost-effective to go to his house to eat with a bottle of wine.
“As you said, why should you bring wine to my house? Badgers are rare, don’t we just want to eat something fresh?”
As a result, everyone just laughed and refused to respond.
On the other hand, Chen Sangui's son Chen Baoshuan was very moved: "Fugui, how about coming to my house to fight in the evening? It just happened to block the nest of pigeons. With your badger meat, it will definitely taste delicious. . There is still good wine in Andan. Let’s not go home until we get drunk at night.”
Before Chen Ling said anything, the people around him couldn’t listen anymore.
“You can knock me down. A nest of pigeons only has a few taels of meat, so I have the nerve to claim that we are even.” He yelled: "You are a wife seller, don't be rich and strong, you are stronger than Yang Gangdan, so I want your wife to borrow the seed."
I don’t know what’s going on with these words. It seems that they really poked Chen Baoshuan’s lung tube. His face, which was originally red, suddenly turned green and red. He cursed your ancestors a few times and your family just borrowed the seed. Then he turned around and huffed back. Home.
The others laughed even more.
"Ignorant things will bring disgrace to Uncle Sangui's face. Don't be as knowledgeable as him when it comes to wealth."
Chen Ling also felt a little funny when he heard this, but he didn't expect that his status is still higher now. Yes, there are also people who tell themselves not to be the same as others.
Then he glanced at Chen Baoshuan's house and said, "Aren't Baoshuan and Huanxiang couple very difficult to get along with? In the past, I even went to other people's houses to say a few good words for Xizi. Brother Lihui, don't be afraid. People are making trouble with you.”
"What are you afraid of? This bastard is counting on others to help him build a house now. If he dares to stab him again, who do you think will pay attention to him? If everyone didn't care about Uncle Sangui's face, just relying on the two of them, how could his house be built? It’s weird to build it.”
Wang Lihui said and raised his chin at Wang Lishan. If nothing else, their uncles and brothers live nearby, so they are not afraid of anyone coming to act.
Chen Ling suddenly realized.
"Be careful, Fugui. That lady, Vanilla, doesn't look shrewd, she's very sexy at heart. She doesn't look at how fancy she is these days, so she just stands at the door to attract men. I heard that she even sacrificed her face and went there. Sister-in-law Xiufen has asked for home remedies several times, so don’t get involved.”
Wang Lihui was so talkative that Chen Ling’s face darkened and she was extremely speechless.
He didn't dare to chat with these guys anymore, so he called two dogs and went home.
As a result, there was another scream, saying that this baby is still young and his face is still too tender. Where is he now? He has not vomited out the real meat.
(End of this chapter)